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Hi,
I want to put the following values into Variables R2=0.999863 , V2=118.870318 , D2=-178.887511 and so on. There are six values for each variable R2-R8, V2-V8 and D2-D8, total of 18 values for all the variables. Can any one help me to copy and paste all the values in their respective variables by using a single command like 'awk' within a file and from one file to another? I have tried using vi editor but in vain.
Thanks in advance

H 0.999863 118.870318 -178.887511
H 1.069135 110.154927 -121.929
H 0.998360 120.087739 178.779
H 1.070568 109.464359 -109.118910
H 1.069487 109.485378 10.786746
H 1.068826 109.494543 130.888378


H R2 V2 D2
H R3 V3 D3
H R4 V4 D4
H R6 V6 D6
H R7 V7 D7
H R8 V8 D8

Variables:
R2=
R3=
R4=
R6=
R7=
R8=
V2=
V3=
V4=
V6=
V7=
V8=
D2=
D3=
D4=
D6=
D7=
D8=

Try inline perl if that helps

Code:

 cat abc.txt | perl -e '
$i=2;
while(<>){
chomp ;
($h,$hash{r}{$i},$hash{v}{$i},$hash{d}{$i}) = split(" ");
$i++;
}
for my $i (2..8){
for my $var ('r','v','d'){
        print uc($var)."$i=$hash{$var}{$i}\n";

}
}
'

HTH,
PL

Code:

#!/usr/bin/bash

i=2
while read LINE
do
  set -- $LINE
  eval R$i=$2
  eval V$i=$3
  eval D$i=$4
  let i=$i+1
done < date.txt

# Sample output
echo $R2,$V5,$D7

0.999863,109.464359,130.888378